Noise, Parasites and Translation Theory and Practice in Management Consulting

Management Learning

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 31-44

  Clegg, Stewart R ^a   Kornberger, Martin ^a   Rhodes, Carl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disorganization; Management consulting; Organization; Organization learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 1442306438     PISSN: 13505076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350507604041163     Document Type: Article

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